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* Te iniitiy Saie mhoe i iiccsnnsrenny Shadrock Bond of St. Clair county, was elected the first governor of the state, being innugurated into office on Oct. 6, 1818, the day following the convening of the first session of the state legislature at Kaskaskia. At the same time Governor Bond was inâ€" ducted into office, Pierre Menard, of Randoiph county became lieutenant governor, and Elias Kent Kane, of Kaskaskie was installed as secretary of state, while three days later Elijah C. Berry of Fayette county was comâ€" missioned as auditor of public acâ€" counts, and John Thomas of St. Clair county, state treasurer. Is Hundred and Ninetyâ€"Nine Years Since It Was Held, Acâ€" cording to Historical Data; . . Officials Elected Saturday,. Sept. 17, was the one hundred and ninth anniversary of the first election of state officers in NJiâ€" Twentyâ€"Six Governors During the period of 109 years the destiny of the state has been ruled by twentyâ€"six governors. In addition the state has been ruled by twelve French and seven British governors, and diâ€" recting the commonwealth from the time of its acquisition by General George Rogers Clark was Governor Patrick Henry of Virginia, who apâ€" peinted John Todd, a judge of the court of Kentucky, as county lieutenâ€" ant, or commanderâ€"inâ€"chief, of the newly acquired county. With the orâ€" ganization of the NorthWest Terriâ€" tories, Arthur St. Clair was appointed chief executive.. . of the state, assuming office March 3, 1819, and serving but ten days â€"when he resigned. _ _ _ _ BY RECENT ANNIVERSARY nsc esn 44 es & | With ils extraordinary ramilications. n{:"?:‘;;:; F::}:;::“::':::’ :2:‘ The results of this lassezfaire policy were: I‘ime’ Duque de Boisbriant it m‘n I fear, always and altogether Captain du Tisne, Sieur de Liette.%hppy’ Louis St. Ange, Pierre d‘Artaguette,| s , inar Alphonse de la Buissoniere, Benoist | ANALYZING LINDY > de St. Claire, Chevalier de Beml,‘ To have shown us that we still Benoist de St. Claire, Chevalier de honor most in life courage, ethics, Macarty, Neyon de Villiers and h,.,,;,]cleanlfness of mind and fineness of St. Ange de Belle Rive. body is the biggest thing that Lindâ€" British governor between the period I bergh has done.â€"American Magazine. British governor between the period of French occupation and the victory of the Clarkzexpedition were: Capâ€" tain" Thomas Stirling, Major Robert Farmer, Col. John Reed, Capt. Hugh Forbes, â€"Lieutenant _ Colonel John Wilkins, Captain Hugh Lord and Capâ€" tain Matthew Johnson. During the period of 1800 to 1809, while a part of the Indiana territory, William Henry Harrison was goverâ€" nor, while the first territorial goverâ€" nor was Ninian Edwards, at that time chief justice of the court of appeals of Kentucky. Later he was elected the third governor of the state: First Officials Democrats Between Oct. 6, 1818, and this date there have been 109 years, 11 months and 7 days of statehood. . Of this period the state has been ruled by Reâ€" the state, was a Democrat, and durâ€" ing the early history of statehood that party continued in power for 38 years, 3 months and 6 days. Joel A. Matteâ€" mon of Will county was the last of the unbroken line of Democratic govâ€" publican governors for 62 years, 4 months and 29 days, while the Demoâ€" cratic party has been in control 46 years, 6 months and 8 days. Shadrach Bond, first governor of H. Bissell of Monroe county on Jan. 12, 1857. Atotal of twelve.demoâ€" cratic and fourteen republican govâ€" ernors have served the state during the 109 year period. * But Three Native Born But three of the governors of the state were native born. These are: Richard Yates, born in Jacksonville; Charles S. Deneen, born at Edwardsâ€" ville, and Len Smail, born in Kanâ€" kakee. Ofâ€"the other governors all came to the state in early life and Seven of the governors were born in Kentucky, Your in New York, two each in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, and one each in New Hampâ€" shire, Indizna, Connecticat and Minâ€" nesota. . John P.m-th only foreign born , being a native of Cologne, Germany, were closely identified with its interâ€" Windes & Marsh WHAT IS ENGLISH* I8 â€"__ | MANY ELECTRIC RALL n QUESTION DISCUSSED| CONCERNS HAVE BUSSES | The college catalogue gives him | warrant for so thinking, since jt lists ; bo ‘English‘ and provides _cares very much. Having been enâ€" couraged to regard all courses as toâ€" ‘u]ly separate entities, he never reâ€" | flects that the connection between thel |two is vague, to say the least of it. ‘Since both are in ‘English‘ and he is | perchance ‘majoring in English,‘ he | does not ask for a closer connection, knowing that if you add so and so| ; many courses together you get a daâ€"‘ | gree, and supposing t you llso; | get an education. It doeg@fiot occur | |to him, and it appears to occur very | seldom to his elders, that there ought T»"" be a certain amount of cohesion in{ his studies. At least, everybody is | [ satisfied if he elects a given number | of courses in one departmentâ€"even | though the department be English, {wilh its extraordinary ramifications.| ‘The results of this lassezfaire policyi | are not, I fear, always and altogether | happy." Gordon Hall Gerould, professor of English at Princeton, feels that the A prvily bay way bechane ot the lack a pretty way use of of definition. "It is the student rather than the teacher who stands in greatest danâ€" ger from the lack of definition in the present study of English, and it is on his account that I sometimes desâ€" pair. The course he is invited to elect aré of themselves almost a curâ€" riculum in their variety; yet in most institutions no qne guards him from a random and haphazard choice. Unâ€" concernedly he juxtaposes a course in what amounts to a study of eighteenâ€" century social history with a course in shortâ€"story writing, and fondly beâ€" lieves that he is pursuing the same subject. & What is Englisht It is our language, you will say. It is also the term used to describe _Sometimes the man who claims he is as good as his word suddenly beâ€" comes speechless.â€"Farm & Fireside. On Study of Our Language It‘s Time to Retire We have built up our business with Fisk Tires Practice Is the Best Teacherâ€" How True in For years we have been filling your prescriptions, usâ€" ing the best of medicine and only what the doctor orâ€" ders. 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